Has anyone tried to turn cat litter into forge tray.

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Reg ELLERY

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I was cleaning out my forge today to replace the flux catching brick and surounding cat litter.

Has anyone tried grinding it up to make a clay to mould into a flux dish.

It was just a taught I had while looking through the threads. I may try it but just wondering if anyone had tried it and had a result either way.

I am a cheap mongrel cat litter is $2 a bag. I am forging tomorrow so I will have a go in a couple of days if no one has done it and worked out it is a dumb idea all ready.

I need more linner coating so I can buy the correct clay then if it does not work.
 
Hi,

What I did was mix up some of the clay coating and then add a bunch of kitty litter when I was covering up the soft fire brick in the bottom of the forge. I got a pretty thick layer on top of the brick and it seems to hold up well to the little flux that has dripped on it. You could probably make a 'boat' out of tin foil and do the same thing with the clay (I used satanite) acting as a binder for the kitty litter so you dont have to grind it up and shouldnt use all that much clay. Then when its dry peel the foil off and slide into the bottom of forge. Just a thought...

Ryan
 
I made an adobe washtub forge a couple years ago. I had some leftover adobe so I made a big wide brick for the bottom of my gas forge. Nothing has eaten through it yet. It set up and got glassy like porcelain when fired. Weird. Cheap. Weird and cheap.... :thumbup: :D
 
Thanks for the advice guys. I normally use a fire brick or a bit of kiln shelf as a rest on a layer of cat littter what i find is I have to clean it out fairly often or the flux touched the sides of the forge and gets the linning.

I have seen the dishes made with special clay. I will have a go at your ideas.

I tired a stainless steel dish once but it must have been the wrong grade. The heat made it warp and go brittle just like cracker biscuts.

I may be using too much flux.

Thanks again

Reg
 
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